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The Southern farm gazette., March 06, 1909, COTTON SPECIAL., Page 19, Image 19
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,,f Varieties of ('otton in l/oiii*
iann.
Mr Wllmoti Newell Secretary of
th* Louisiana Crop Pest Commission,
hri" given out the following brief r**
pert of the variety tests made by the
Commission during the past year,
th wing the production of different
va*i< ♦!•*•- of cotton itt weevil in
fested section
Two quite extenslv*- test* of vi
rion** were made !*\ the Cotnml*sion
during life*. on** at Mansura. Avoyel
le» Parish. and th* oth**r at Bayou
P.* rre. Natchitoches Parish The
former was, on upland s* II. the latter
on RcJ River Valley soil \t Man
sura the heavy rain*- which lantol
from July Tith to \ugu*t f.th severe
ly cut down the yield and made con
dition* extremely favorable for rapid
Increase of the weevils fnder the***
trying conditions the different vari
eties yielded in pounds c.f seed cotton
per arre as follows;
j Hawkins* Early F’rollflr r»fi3 lbs
Toole’s Early . 4 53 lbs
Kowden 3^1 l»)Q
Simpkins 337 jj)H
Triumph . 302 lbs
^lnc 214 lbs
Nativp . . . . 1 fid lbs
On the Fted River bottom at Flayou
I’Serr* the yields in pounds of seed
cotton per arre were as follows
Kono .1.031 lbs
Hawkins' Early Prolific... 911 lbs
773 lbs.
Improved Pctorkio ...... 7 49 lbs.
Mebane Triumph . 74 5 lbs.
■
PflU/nflOC \li Kirti. t; 1 *h *hel \ rt
wUnUvdwa Irhrtkew, cm n stork
» " I I » "h1 »lu l« tullir »rn
; ft -**' » bu«hel «*oitr<i « urn blrr««t lw «t.
■ mike ition ». in* 4 r A it* t>« sr l) m In* h «1» * i>
pe >> fl • hall bn»hr! Si r .. hu%hrl |0L1».
\ I. It*'ft It. Atfstnvlllr, lift.
Where to Buy Farm and Garden Seeds.
"The Kind that Grow*
■•■pa UM P"l'l.ANT NOW, Our seeds Iistc bpjken all r
I ► f it I p c^ni* for pliability. Ht«« kl-f Quality i« f annul*
■ ™»llLLI\w *T • <1 selling t<> Plant
Tni< ter* and Florists plaoes us in a (swltlon to
KNOW. Alfalfa. White. Red. f'rlnnsHi sixl all
va-letlr* of OoTer. Hairy Vetches. Oats. Barley.
1 all fur’.. ><.<1«. t'abxaffe. Carp>t. I>*tt
K" r*bl. stxl all Ins k irsnlen seeds. Bulb*.
^ Ro-e Rushes am] plants of all kind*:
Flower ,* Trifoliate
wd ®w ' Pmlt Tim* (order now. Budd.
■ * *•■*• orau.e Free*, etc. 'Write us for In.iueuse fp-e catalogue I».
^ J.StecklerSeed Co.Ltd. R FroUcKCT'»Succe«<x)512GravierSt.NewOrlean#
CO I ION SI » o MJK SMI
*00 huihrla 1 • Mila n Prolific cotton nr« ! '*10
h»i*hrl« Ki.(W..r rotlon watl. 300 buthrla
I lit* r rott. (1 100 boahelt
1 o K « c *, btiahi I* IIir<1t n a « lu*
**' • *tton M-»il. In III) buhl I lot* ~,'m |* r
bu *b» I t* v*. iii j* f liiiihrl. Trn pair \\ fill#
I Ini an<l Turkera Kl.’ai i* r pair, nine * oil I#*
pop* I*v0b l>>r malt* b\00 lor lemalML Ml
prl •>! I. o. b. t nlon -i ring a Ala.
J. m it \ iv f It. Jit.. I nlon Hprlno. Ala.
SOUTHERN TREES
1 ru!t tree*, shade tre. *. Nut tr**eH, Vln«>*.
Herr lea. shrubbery. Plant*. Fig*. Porne
cratiab * and scupt* rnoOK*—our leader*. A lao
lieriuuda gra** root*.
I he kind* that Stilt the South.
Write u* a hat you v» ant and get price*.
M*»> duo Hr. < ««>k * Iki'kovkd Curror* Mater*
• i «* i* r bu*hel. Wavkki y Nrr*kkit*.
Waverly. Ala
THE MORTGAGE LIFTER
I HASTINGS’ BIGGEST CROPPING, BIGGEST BOLL COTTON
$150 Per Acre
That lark* Uk* * j,,t of m vj fr tn on»
40 o» n4 ft to. but IT of ur ru»l a>»r»
hi'* *»<l» It In llv J».t f ur tu’i r< u. h
rtri u Tf, iir» t.*-» i«t • r w' 1. U'-j in.1
ruitlnUon.
W* tit*nt!K«1 our r, « fimotu M rt
t«(T t Iftrr Cotton tfl ] .<*>1. It »4J 4
4 *»1 ot t thru tut «tt yrini' »u» !y
• ’ :k ! . bwBm 'Jl!ui* tru-V A
r-r*.'*'. *.!y » *4 .xr|c'* »■ I |r; tl< »« tt
b-JNl'V tl*-! !1 i B)4t'» f l »*-|«-*l«-» ! 1 lu
rx> *>tu*J f . r It thfr 4: T u l«T Jl.jt
r»*D« 4i.y«h»r» nctr it in »l»r «I t» tl.
o») ’ Inc t «i!ft t>f *•!) t ‘
4iv! *r'<r»l 41! t urvl 4 ■ *! .;i*il>Vr« 'or
4 tt) 4lf) rrr»{. «4.'t*ty 1 . VI | -rr
«Up» r-U 4«"t tmb UUir.tity 40-1 q t4. :y.
Our Ulottnttkm. f't*i 4 fb"t <"»;f of
4 4ln4l« st*ib. »K*t It »,ij <J«i If
yr»U 4-» If ‘•rr*t»»l If) V|or'4»4o 1
• fit* U4 4!xJ »«• mill 1041) you 4 41U4ii
44IT-j.|* '4 th* w.1 rirxir^i i4 I*ltr«lu4.
Afvl you r*n't rtrvt *:.y rutl.ui w,I
*bf*»!n* •** •) rwruUrtty 41 .1 M J4.lt> 41
Ikll (V<*4 W# 4< ul.| tlko to 1)4 T* you
•*txl for f-tjr 1»H Annuil CiUlay U
t*il* 4tl limit M irtfifr IJ.'trr 4:«l !t>*
o< b» f tblMklld tirtrtlo* ,4 ft ton li.lfv*
ftu.-*.! ! y 144. T»U« limit 1 14 ylrljr 4
Hautbtrn firWtl** of rum; of utl.rr
•eld cropo. It rot-,tain* rt*ryt*d»ig In the
• n of •eed* for the . In fart. It’*
the r *t fmnplet# »ecd ratals* for
Koulhern farmer* and gardener*. |t'«
printed for r-Al *i*l »# waist W> amd it
to r * now.
PRICES of Mortgage Lifter
Catta#—!*• ut>d. f’■»*1 AS
rontt; 3 p-unda. ft •«. Hr riprraa or
freight, rvt prrpahi. i»rt. V) canU:
buahel. I! V; 10 t-uahel*. 113.30. No
•red ahtpped C. U. I*.
: Only Half Time
pr* potl realtae that at»>ut out of
*r*rr I <X> acre* of farm land U nnljr
•offclrvg atmut half time, and ll'» ixt
the land'* fault, either Ifa the mast
Who « .rfc» tt the man *tv *.■«•* mi and
plant* Juet "coltim” or )u»t "corn” In
ateail of planting the l«m»l «m| of the
be»t *artrti<» of cotloa and earn and
#r*r*ttitr g rtee that gr w« mi tlw farm
•ml In the garden Oond »e*d of the
h***t nelcrtrd rarletle* la hdf tlw <mp
Itlaht aeed ft fight Itflrtlri main . |t ( *.
an if i > iK'Uoie jour yieni r *i-r will)
cut a dollar'a eitra mkiiw f, r frrtlllarr.
labor or cultivation. Hvrry additional
pound Ilf Cotton or bushel* I»f corn tljat
you grt from use of right seed of right
Varieties la straight out clean profit. Take
Mortgage lifter Cotton, for Instance.
A <>eoigta cotton farmer paid us 117 50
for soil of It. ||r planted It In a test
against common cotton. Itrsult was that
he made 7 hales more cotton from hi*
Mortgage Lifter than from common ml
on ttie aame acreage of same kind id
land elth name rultlvatl >n and fertll
tilng itrsult, $ ;.U vo profit from spend
ing 117.50 fur grant ar«it. Did tt pay
Hint Will it pay youf
Bend for our ratal g It tell* all about
three things It shows you what others
are doing and what you can aud ought
to do tu UmA
, f H. G. HASTINGS CO., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga. |
I 1 ■ —— — **

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